This resource guide provides an overview of resources on women in U.S. history. The guide includes primary sources, biographies, autobiographies, and profile compilations on both famous and obscure figures, focusing on resources produced since 1990 though earlier works when pertinent. Each entry denotes the most appropriate audience as middle…

Examines the use of databases for social studies. Provides a rationale for database use in light of social studies goals, contending that processing large amounts of information is essential for effective citizenship. Offers suggestions for integrating databases into the social studies classroom, and provides substantial lists of readily…

Discusses challenges to using the Internet in teaching and tests various approaches to integrating student Internet research into a civics class. Discusses criteria for using the Internet, training students to use it, and Web-site selection. Invites readers to draw their own conclusions about the utility of Internet research. (DSK)

Discusses the availability and utility of the various types of documentation that historians and students can use to research the German government's systematic extermination of the Jews, the Gypsies, and the handicapped during the 1930s and 1940s. Available documents include government records, private agency records, trial records, and…